Alexei Bogdanov. Western business ambiguously refers to the sanctions against Russia, in General, the attitude can be described as troubled, said in an interview Last news chief sanctions counselling in Russia Consulting organization Sergey].

"in General, the business looks at punishment with concern and as well as among them because they affect the business and the contract which do not fall under the sanctions regime, but the effect of stress is distributed on the contract which are not connected with punishment. Plus, businesses are forced to pay time and resources additional legal expertise, " said], expert in advising Western businessmen working in Russia, mostly from Germany.

He said that leading professional organizations of business in Germany were opposed to punishment." for example, the Association of German machine builders strongly criticizes the punishment in his own statements, requires mitigation, at least, and preferably of cancellation. There is a Russian-German chamber of Commerce AHK, which also criticizes punishment, " said the expert. In General, according to his statement, the position of the business also depends on the extent to which He was raised and what the desire is in Russian Federation.

The US, EU and several other countries imposed against Russia punishment because of the position of the Russian capital in Ukraine. Russia called these penalties unconstructive and answered their own countermeasures, such as a ban on the import of certain food items from countries that have imposed against Russia punishment.


Western countries from March 2014 has repeatedly imposed sentences because of the position of Russia in Ukraine. The last case of the use of such practices were the limits imposed in March 2015, when was expanded US sanction List.

A list of Russian citizens and organizations that have come under penalties - in the material of the Fin news

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